We may only have a small woodland but look what we can do with it! Year 1 are building on their relationship with nature through independent play. By learning to love and respect our natural world we encourage the children to want to protect it. First a flash challenge to find any spiky things. The children found holly, blackthorn and dog roses, some thistles and of course nettles. We talked about the why we let plants like this grow in our Forest School and how, as humans, we interact with plants like this. Each week the children show more confidence, they moved about mindfully, supporting each other. Some children returned to previous areas of play, others tried something new. Working in the same place but with different people can also bring other ideas and skills into play.
Principle 2: Forest School takes place in a woodland or natural wooded environment to support the development of a relationship between the learner and the natural world.
Article 2 – All children have rights no matter what their circumstance.
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- Holly.
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- A dog rose, very pretty but very tangly too.
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- A new den taking shape.
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- Using existing trees as a start point.
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- Rubbing sticks together to make fire.
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- Anyone like butter?
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- Tree huggers out in force.
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- The fire takes shape.
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- How to move something heavy.
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- Ahh rolling works best.
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- Big construction.
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- Determination paid off here.
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- Delicate play.
